FC Zurich vs Servette - prediction, team news, lineups

Both looking to grounds their maiden victories of the caller Swiss Super League campaign, FC Zurich and Servette clash astatine Stadion Letzigrund connected Saturday afternoon.

Die Stadt were the victims of a St Gallen comeback past clip out, whilst Les Grenats were defeated connected location soil by home giants Basel.

Match preview

Heading into their 10th consecutive twelvemonth arsenic a Swiss Super League nine pursuing their rubric occurrence successful the 2016-17 Challenger League, FC Zurich are looking to amended connected a 10th-placed decorativeness past clip out, erstwhile they avoided the relegation playoff by conscionable 5 points.

Die Stadt's quest for amended fortunes successful 2026-27 did not commencement retired arsenic planned, though, with goals from Lukas Gortler and Andrin Hunziker securing a comeback triumph for St Gallen connected Sunday pursuing Umeh Emmanuel's opener astatine Berit Sitterstadion.

After conceding doubly precocious connected past clip out, Zurich are enduring a tally of 15 consecutive Super League contests without keeping a cleanable sheet, past signaling a shutout astatine location to relegated Winterthur (3-0) connected February 11.

Scoring a superb brace that time against the strugglers, Philippe Paulin Keny was the main antheral successful onslaught for Die Stadt past season, netting 13 goals and providing 4 assists crossed 33 top-flight matches.

Whilst the Senegalese guardant brings continuity successful attack, determination has been a important alteration successful the dugout implicit the off-season, with erstwhile Basel brag Marcel Koller present successful the hotseat aft a three-year spell astatine Al Ahly which included 2 CAF Champions League titles.

After enjoying their second-best home decorativeness successful the club's past arsenic they placed runner-ups successful the 2024-25 Super League, Servette slumped backmost down to comparative world nether Jocelyn Gourvennec, who oversaw a seventh-placed ending to 2025-26.

In truth, it could person been a full woody worse for Les Grenats if not for an awesome eight-game unbeaten series (W6 D2) astatine the decision of the campaign, including 4 consecutive location wins by an aggregate scoreline of 16-3.

Unfortunately for followers of Saturday's visitors to Stadion Letzigrund, Servette were incapable to proceed that invincible streak into the caller run arsenic they mislaid to a precocious Zan Celar punishment for Basel astatine Stade de Geneve past weekend.

Les Grenats person invested successful younker this summertime with the £2m signing of Mathis Lambourde from Hellas Verona, however, Gourvennec's broadside are inactive reliant connected the attacking instincts of 36-year-old Miroslav Stevanovic, who has scored 28 goals crossed the past 2 league terms.

Although past Saturday's nonaccomplishment to Basel volition not capable the Servette ranks with confidence, Stevanovic and institution person a bully caller grounds against Zurich, winning back-to-back matches versus Die Stadt astatine the extremity of past campaign.

FC Zurich Swiss Super League form:

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Servette Swiss Super League form:

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Team News

Replaced precocious connected during the decision to St Gallen, centre-back Ilan Sauter could driblet retired of the Zurich XI this weekend.

If caput manager Koller makes that bold decision, Lindrit Kamberi would necessitate a caller antiaircraft partner, with 32-year-old German Alexander Hack the astir apt candidate.

Making lone his 3rd Super League quality disconnected the seat past clip out, 17-year-old Din Ramic volition beryllium hoping for the accidental to impressment erstwhile again.

A cardinal portion of the Servette squad which won promotion from the Challenger League successful 2019, goalkeeper Jeremy Frick is presently unavailable owed to a backmost injury.

After playing the past 2 afloat seasons successful Romania astatine Universitatea Cluj, Les Grenats caller lad Edvinas Gertmonas is yet to marque his debut due to the fact that of a knock.

The visitors are missing the creativity of past season's starring playmaker Junior Kadile, who is expected backmost from a musculus wounded successful a fewer weeks. 

FC Zurich imaginable starting lineup:

Lindner; Hodza, Kamberi, Hack, Volken; Schoedler, Berisha, Krasniqi, Comenencia, Umeh; Keny

Servette imaginable starting lineup:

Besson; Mendes, Roullier, Burch, Mazikou; Lambourde, Naressi, Cognat, Njoh; Stevanovic, Aye

We say: FC Zurich 2-1 Servette

With a notoriously-leaky backline, Zurich are apt to springiness their visitors connected Saturday a accidental of Super League points.

However, with location vantage and without the menace of Servette's Kadile, we are expecting a constrictive occurrence for Die Stadt.

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